Welcome to the Writing Center

The Writing Center's professional tutors are eager to help students in any course, regardless of their levelof experience, expertise or confidence as writers.

The Writing Center is now located in L-012.

Writing Center tutors work by appointment with students individually or in small groups (tutors facilitate these group sessions of 2-3 students). To schedule appointments, students can come to L-012 or call (778-5632 or 778-5038). (read more)

Limited online tutorial feedback is offered for students who are enrolled exclusively in online courses or for students who cannot come to the Writing Center during our business hours.

In tutorial sessions, tutors talk with students about their writing; we ask questions that help writers see their texts through the audience’s eyes and encourage them to explore options for drafting and revising their texts. Students often seek help with thesis statements, organization, development, citation of sources, development of proofreading strategies, and other concerns.

During the Fall or Spring Semesters, if you have any questions, contact:

The Writing Center’s Summer 2015 Schedule

The Writing Center follows SUNY Broome’s class schedule (we close during breaks and when the campus is closed due to weather or other emergencies). See The Writing Center hours in the column on the right and click the link below for our Summer 2015 Schedule.

How We Work

At the most basic level we write to express our ideas, to share them with others. As Nigel Hamilton so aptly noted, “If the reader doesn’t understand what you’re saying, you’re talking to yourself.”

Writers publish to communicate. So the writer’s biggest fear is being unclear.

This is where the Writing Center comes in. A writing tutor is a live audience member, one who gives instant feedback on the clarity and presentation and development of ideas. (read more)

Tutors ask questions. They play Devil’s Advocate. Their comments model the questions students should ask of their own writing in the future. Together they develop strategies they might use to address those questions.

Professional writers seek feedback and revise. Student writers should do the same.

All writers learn as they write: they learn about their topic, they learn about themselves, and they learn about their relationship with their audience. Writing tutors illuminate these processes and help writers bring their words more fully to life. From beginning students struggling to express themselves to advanced writers seeking confirmation of the power of their words, all will find that the Writing Center tutors provide a supportive audience in helping them achieve their goals.